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Cairn on Haw Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site consists of a cairn, a mound constructed from stones rather than earth, typical of funerary practices during the Bronze Age period. Such cairns served as burial structures and likely contained cremated or inhumed remains, often accompanied by grave goods that reflected the status and beliefs of the deceased and their community. The monument survives as a tangible record of prehistoric mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the Yorkshire landscape.
Cairn on Haw Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014352. View the official record →
Cairn on Haw Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014352.
Cairn on Haw Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014352.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Threshfield Henge 2 (southern) (2 km), Hydro-electric power house and associated weir 250m north west of Tin Bridge (3.3 km), Redmayne packhorse bridge (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn on Haw Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cairn on Haw Hill stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.